Arab Dictators Called By Different Names

June 16, 2000

Words and/or titles can be used in deceptive ways. Hafez Assad of Syria was called "president." Leaders of the other Arab nations are called "king" or "president" or "chairman." Let us call them what they are: dictators. Dictators who rule with absolute power, not needing or asking for the approval of the people in the countries they rule. There is only one true representative government in the Middle East and that is Israel.

Upon the death of Hafez Assad, Egyptian "President" Hosni Mubarak stated he "will always remember with pride his brother Assad who courageously joined hands with Egypt in its glorious October 1973 victory." Mubarak was referring to the Yom Kippur War in which Egypt, Syria and Jordan attacked Israel, and all three countries were beaten badly. If you tell a lie enough times, you will begin to believe it.